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    I.C. Reveries 1967-1974<br />27th Lancers 1976, 1977, 1978, 1994<br />Avant Garde Staff 1980-81<br />27th Lancers Staff 1982

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  1. Wow, I marched in 27th in 1977 and had never heard that story. I wonder whose idea it was? 1977 was my favorite year to march. We had a great bunch of people and staff. That was the year that George Zingali started to become GEORGE ZINGALI. He was a great motivator and had an incredible imagination. After the debacle of first tour, (EVERYBODY beat us), we came home to win CYO Nationals against a formidable field of opponents. 1977 was also Mark Sylvester's first year as a Lancer. (1978 DCI video has a great shot of his disco dancing!!) Great year. Glad our color guard wrote that letter. They were the best, and continued to be the best for many years. Precision was their trademark. Ok, as a horn player, I admit it, we were a little jealous of you girls!!
  2. Many, many Massachusetts corps were incredible, and are long forgotten. St. Kevin's Emerald Knights Debonnaires of Norwood Beverly Cardinals (along with I.C. Reveries and Blue Angels - Became North Star) I don't consider North Star a one hit wonder - they were competitive at least 3 years. Cardinals at US Open in 197? playing Fanfare for the New (Stan Kenton) totally blew me away !!! Think Rick Connor arranged it. Totally AWESOME!!!!! From the East! Purple Lancers Watkins Glen Squires Avant Garde (Jazz and class!) St. Rita's Brassmen Blue Rock (was that a Ralph Pace corps??) From the midwest Des Plaines Vanguard (Age of Aquarius) When Santa Clara came East, we called DPV "Just Plain Vanguard". But, I loved their style. Racine Scouts - The "Chrome Domes" From the West Seattle Imperials (was that Stanley Knaub's debut?) Random: Oshkosh Warriors CMCC Warriors The Thing The Killmen (Best name award) Oakland Crusaders Seneca Optimists St. Ignatius all girls Ventures 5th Maine Regiment the year they re-inacted Linoln's assassination and a kudo to the Spartans and EC Jazz for consistant domination Blue Star and Troopers my mom and God LOL From the West Stockton Commodores Nesei Ambassadors
  3. We never had the greatest horn line, but we had championship color guards year after year, and some killer drum lines. Thank Denise Bonfiglio and Peggy Twiggs (with a little help from George Zingali) for the color guards and Charlie Poole for the drum lines. Not to mention some great ladies in the guard, and great guys and gals in the drum line. (And we did have a couple of good horn lines - Wedge is awesome!!) So, even though I was a member - 27 gets my vote followed closely by Bridgemen and close behind, Blue Rock.
  4. Yup, I remember Zingali giving a pep talk behind Northgate (standing on the loading dock of Zayre's) where he told us he wanted to see babies thrown into the air. That must have been 1977, since Ralph never would have let George give a pep talk to the corps in 76. Hey Terry and John, good to see you're both still around!
  5. I've seen MF at least 4 times. And I was at a show at the Holiday Inn in Peabody (but not in the 60's), think it was the 80's. Band came out into the audience for "Hey Jude" and almost blew the walls down. But, (and I know they're not big band), but Tower of Power at the Paradise in Boston the first time I saw them was mind-blowing. I was sitting at this little table with George Zingali, and a few other staff members, and their lead singer, in "You're Still a Young Man", was standing RIGHT in front of us - like two feet away. When he sang "Down on my knees...", Zingali let out a scream that almost stopped the show!! Those of you who knew him can imagine. A pure Zingali moment. (And NO, I wasn't embarrassed - that was George!)
  6. Although I should clarify that we did have males in 1994 alumni honor guard. And, may I add, I have never seen a prouder honor guard than that one. Those folks took it with the seriousness it deserved, and they did a great job.
  7. OK, it's been long enough, and I've been going nuts for 16 years!!! How did they do it??
  8. Correct! Greg was a baritone player with 27, and we never had a male guard member until '94 reunion corps when males were allowed in the rifle line. There were no males in the '94 alumni flag line.
  9. Competed in all 3 in both "B" and "A" class. Greatest memory is 1969 (I think) competing in class "B" as a member of the I.C. Reveries at World Open. We were a small corps, even for "B", and we finished third behind the Oshkosh Warriors and someone else. There were no prelims that year. We sat through about a hundred corps and the scores were announced after everybody had performed. We beat a lot of local rivals, and I remember a corps called the Castlemen that had a male rifle who was tossing that sucker higher than the top of the stadium. I think they finished 5th. Anyone have scores from that?? Also, in 1973 we competed (badly) in the U.S. Open. We went on after Blue Devils. OMG
  10. Beverly Cardinals did "Fanfare for the New" way back when and almost set the field on fire in Marion at the US Open. They also did a great version of "Nights in White Satin". I think Rick Connor arranged both. They eventually merged with I.C. Reveries and Danvers Blue Angels to become North Star. Beverly Cardinals were eclipsed by 27th and Crusaders, but in their day were one of the great Massachusetts corps.
  11. Didn't Avant Garde buy the old Seneca Optimist yellow cadet unis and wear them for a year or two?
  12. From the East - Scarlet Lancers (Chelsea, MA) Telstar (RI), 5th Maine Regiment (ME), Toreadors (Everett?), NOBODY said Bridgemen (Shame), wasn't there a 26th or 28th Lancers at one time not associated with the 27th Lancers? Other areas, Nesei Ambassadors, the Chrome Domes (from Illinois?), the Hershey Chocolataires from Hershey, PA (and their jr. corps the Hershey Squirts). The Wasau Story, and their jr. corps The Pages of the Wasau Story, Avant Garde (rocked!!) ok, so I taught them, LI Kingsmen, CMCC Warriors, Kingston Indians, The Killmen, The Squires. Oh God, I could go on and on.
  13. Norwood Debonaires (sp?) They played the Door's "Light My Fire" and rocked my world circa 1969 at CYO Nationals. Great all girl corps. Of course, Audobon, all the Canadian girls and the Jeanettes were awesome as well. All-girl corps were a tradition that is irreplaceable. A great sub-set to the DC world!!!
  14. Blue Rock Argonne Rebels Commodores Des Plaines Vanguard (When Santa Clara came to prominence we called them "Just Plain Vanguard") St. Andrew's Bridgemen Norwood Debonaires ("Light my Fire") St. Rita's Brassmen Mighty St. Joe's (Reunion corps was awesome!) Seneca Optimists (Great name!)
  15. As nice as it would be to have a "reprise" of '94, I don't see how it could have happened. Like I said to Peggy Twiggs at Darlene's wake "When the #($#@ did we get so OLD?" It was definitely a "once in a lifetime" event. I couldn't imagine going through the rehearsals in 90+ degree temperatures, marching parades (I almost died in Bristol, RI!!) I watch the video of the '94 performance all the time and with great pride and think of that night as one of the greatest of my life, but absolutely, NEVER again! (LOL)
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